About Altiv Labs

We are the engineers who take AI systems the last mile — from a prototype that works to a system that keeps working.

Our story

The gap between a demo and a product is engineering

Most AI projects do not fail because the idea was wrong. They fail in the stretch between a prototype that impresses and a system that survives real data, real volume, and real users — data pipelines, unreliable outputs, cost that compounds quietly, and no way to prove the thing still works six months on.

We built Altiv Labs to work in that stretch. Two pillars, one team: engineers who ship production AI systems, and a hardware R&D lab for the RF, power, and edge work that gets you the data in the first place. Most of the problems worth solving need both.

How we work

Three ways to engage

Scope and price are fixed in the discovery sprint, before the build starts — with the trade-offs written down.

3 days

Discovery sprint

3 days · 1 engineer. Confirm the opportunity is real and the data supports it, before anyone writes production code.

  • Opportunity and feasibility assessment
  • Data readiness review
  • Written architecture and cost model
  • Go / no-go recommendation
Scoped per system

Production build

Duration and team size are set by data readiness, the integration surface, and how much evaluation the system needs — all fixed in the discovery sprint, before we quote.

  • Multi-agent orchestration and guardrails
  • Data and ML pipelines
  • Cloud or edge deployment
  • Observability, evals, and cost tracking
  • Handover with documentation
Monthly, rolling

Embedded team

Our engineers work inside your team on your roadmap, at a fixed monthly rate. Team size is set with you and can change month to month.

  • Engineers embedded in your workflow
  • Roadmap set by you
  • Monthly rolling commitment
  • Knowledge transfer throughout

At a glance

The details buyers usually ask for

Headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. We work in English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, and have delivered for teams across South America, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Industries

Where we have actually delivered

Named because it matters: these are sectors we have shipped production systems in, not sectors we are willing to consider.

Retail and out-of-home media

Audience measurement and content pipelines for large advertising and display networks, including Clear Channel.

Banking and financial services

Multi-agent document and invoice pipelines that reconcile against an ERP at volume, with an audit log on every action. Clients include Cielo, Brazil’s largest payment processor.

Industry and manufacturing

Automated optical inspection running at the edge on a tier-1 European electronics OEM’s production lines, trained on their own line data and wired into the existing MES.

Entertainment and culture

Conversational AI for museums and visitor attractions — built with IBM, grounded in the venue’s own archive, and recognised with a Cannes Lions and a D&AD Impact award.

Who we are

Senior engineers, working in the open

We are a small senior team, headquartered in Brazil and working with clients across Europe, North America, and the Gulf. You talk to the people building your system, not to an account layer in front of them. We tell you when the simpler approach wins, when your data is not ready, and when the honest answer is that you do not need us — the trade-offs go in writing, and the work is yours to keep either way.

Our environment

Life at Altiv Labs

A glimpse into our spaces, our culture, and the people behind the work.